Becoming a candidate: Political ambition and the decision to run for office

Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-279

  Lawless, Jennifer L ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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